Today we’d like to introduce you to Markus Mcfolling.
Hi Markus, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
6 years ago today, my life changed forever. After growing up in inner-city California, I was all too familiar with fatherlessness, poverty, and gangs. I tried to fill the voids I felt in my life with the game of football. Despite the adversities, I made it to a pinnacle, playing the game professionally, doing what I love, when I experienced a career-ending shoulder injury, and all I knew crashed down around me. With football gone, I felt no purpose and had no identity and became addicted to taking the pain medication prescribed to me by my team doctors. Within two years, I had become a completely deceived drug addict who was broken inside. I had racked up multiple felony warrants for my arrest for deception to obtain a dangerous drug. I lied, manipulated, and even used false identities to get what I thought I needed. After seeing 38 doctors for 59 prescriptions in just a few months, my wife left and took my daughter with her, and I found myself sitting inside a jail cell on June 16, 2017. I was confronted with the weight of my issues; I was lost, I was alone, and I battled with thoughts about taking my life on my first Father’s Day.
BUT GOD…
Someone I look up to says it like this—I didn’t want my life anymore, so I gave it to someone who did. It took me losing everything to realize that everything I ever needed was Jesus. He transformed my life, called me Son, restored my family, and now I get to travel the country and tell people about the man I fell in love with and saved me from deception! I just want anyone that reads this to know that there is hope. His name is Jesus, and He loves you. He wants the mess; he wants the pain, the good, the bad—He wants ALL of you. Today is a good day to surrender.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It’s been smooth in regards to addition. I haven’t thought about drugs since June 16th, 2017.
Some challenges in branching off in full-time ministry is trusting on the voice of God and his leading. It’s been a journey learning how to hear him when it comes to my itinerary and what partnerships I merge with my company Reach1.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I am unapologetically passionate public speaker. I preach in festivals, churches, public schools, stadiums events, conferences, and camps.
What sets me apart from others is my passion to empower the next generation to be who God called them to be, A SON or a DAUGHTER.
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
Introverted. The only thing I cared about were food and football.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.markusmcfolling.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markusmcfolling/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/people/Markus-Mcfolling/100079728221671/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Markusmcfolling#:~:text=Markus%20McFolling%20(%40Markusmcfolling)%20%2F%20Twitter
